8 P.M. UPDATE: Spring breaker dies in alcohol-related incident

Published: Thursday, March 7, 2013 at 09:26 PM.

PANAMA CITY BEACH — A 20-year-old Michigan college student died from an apparent alcohol overdose early Thursday morning.

Kyle Lamb of Potterville, Mich., was found unresponsive after law enforcement was called to Raccoon River Campground on Middle Beach Road around 9 p.m. Wednesday. He was pronounced dead at Bay Medical Center at 1 a.m. Thursday.

Toxicology reports were not yet available Thursday, but Panama City Beach Police Chief Drew Whitman confirmed Lamb’s death was alcohol-related and no foul play is suspected.

Whitman said Lamb was camping with a group of friends at Raccoon River for Spring Break. Lamb’s friends told police he began drinking early in the day and fell asleep. The group checked on him periodically and called 911 when their friend stopped responding.

According to Lamb’s Facebook page, he was studying marketing at Lansing (Mich.) Community College and graduated from Potterville High School in 2011. Lansing Community College officials were not available Thursday to confirm Lamb’s enrollment.

Friends took to Facebook to post their condolences.

“You were a funny guy, Kyle,” posted one friend, Tom Lienhardt, whose Facebook page says he attended Potterville High. “Everytime we had the whole ‘Potterville Gang’ together you would always make me laugh. … RIP, Mr. Lamb, you will be missed.”

PANAMA CITY BEACH — A 20-year-old Michigan college student died from an apparent alcohol overdose early Thursday morning.

Kyle Lamb of Potterville, Mich., was found unresponsive after law enforcement was called to Raccoon River Campground on Middle Beach Road around 9 p.m. Wednesday. He was pronounced dead at Bay Medical Center at 1 a.m. Thursday.

Toxicology reports were not yet available Thursday, but Panama City Beach Police Chief Drew Whitman confirmed Lamb’s death was alcohol-related and no foul play is suspected.

Whitman said Lamb was camping with a group of friends at Raccoon River for Spring Break. Lamb’s friends told police he began drinking early in the day and fell asleep. The group checked on him periodically and called 911 when their friend stopped responding.

According to Lamb’s Facebook page, he was studying marketing at Lansing (Mich.) Community College and graduated from Potterville High School in 2011. Lansing Community College officials were not available Thursday to confirm Lamb’s enrollment.

Friends took to Facebook to post their condolences.

“You were a funny guy, Kyle,” posted one friend, Tom Lienhardt, whose Facebook page says he attended Potterville High. “Everytime we had the whole ‘Potterville Gang’ together you would always make me laugh. … RIP, Mr. Lamb, you will be missed.”

Shane Helms, of Potterville, lamented his friend’s death. “No one deserves to leave this world as early as you did,” he wrote.

As the busier second week in March approaches, Whitman said PCBPD has not received many alcohol-related calls thus far during Spring Break, but he suspects there will be more.

“We’re still in the first week of Spring Break; we haven’t had a lot of calls like that yet,” Whitman said. “We get them quite often during Spring Break when friends will call about somebody drinking too much.”

Earlier versions of this story are posted below:

PANAMA CITY BEACH — A 20-year-old Michigan college student died from an alcohol-related incident early Thursday morning.

Kyle Lamb of Potterville, Mich., was found unresponsive after law enforcement responded to a call at Raccoon River Campground on Middle Beach Road around 9 p.m. Wednesday. He was pronounced dead at Bay Medical Center at 1 a.m. Thursday.

Panama City Beach Police Chief Drew Whitman said Lamb was camping with a group of friends at Raccoon River for Spring Break and no foul play is suspected.

According to Lamb’s Facebook page, he was studying marketing at LansingCommunity College and graduated from PottervilleHigh School in 2011.

LCC officials were not available Thursday to confirm enrollment.

Check back for details as they become available

Below is an earlier version of this story:

PANAMA CITY BEACH — A 20-year-old Michigan college student died in an alcohol-related incident early Thursday morning.

Law enforcement officials responded to a call at Raccoon River Campground on Middle Beach Road around 9 p.m. Wednesday after friends of the victim found him unresponsive. The group was camping in Panama City Beach for Spring Break.

The student, Adam Lamb of Pottervillle, Mich., was pronounced dead around 1 a.m.

Police added no foul play was suspected and a cause of death is pending an autopsy by the medical examiner.